Trevor Nunn Biography (1940-)

Full name, Trevor Robert Nunn; born January 14, 1940, in Ipswich, East Anglia, England; son of Robert Alexander (a cabinetmaker) and Dorothy May (maiden name, Piper) Nunn; married Janet Suzman (an actress), 1969 (divorced, 1986); married Sharon Lee Hill, 1986 (divorced, 1991); married Imogen Stubbs (an actress), 1994; children: (first marriage) Joshua; (second marriage) two daughters; (third marriage) Ellie, Jesse. Addresses: Office: Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 9PX, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, writer
Birth Details: January 14, 1940; Ipswich, East Anglia, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Director
The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, between 1962 and 1965
A View from the Bridge, Belgrade Theatre, between 1962 and 1965
Peer Gynt, Belgrade Theatre, between 1962 and 1968
The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew (for children), Royal ShakespeareCompany, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1965
The Revenger's Tragedy, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1965, revived at Aldwych Theatre, 1969
Henry V, Aldwych Theatre, 1965
Tango, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1966
Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1966
The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1967, then Aldwych Theatre
The Relapse, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1967-1968
King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1968
Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1968
The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1969
Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1969
Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1970
Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre,1972, then Aldwych Theatre, 1973
Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1972, then Aldwych Theatre, 1973
Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal ShakespeareTheatre, 1972, then Aldwych Theatre, 1973
Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1972, then Aldwych Theatre, 1973
Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1974
Hedda Gabler, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1975
Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976
(With others) The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, RoyalShakespeare Theatre, 1976
(With others) King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1976
Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Other Place Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, both 1976, later Young Vic Theatre, London, 1978
As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1977
The Alchemist, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, 1977, then Aldwych Theatre, 1978
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Royal Shakespeare Company, Festival Hall, London, 1977, then Mermaid Theatre, London, 1978
Three Sisters, Other Place Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1978, later Warehouse Theatre, London, 1979
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1979
Once in a Lifetime, Aldwych Theatre, 1979, then Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1980
Juno and the Paycock, Aldwych Theatre, 1980
(With John Caird) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1980, then Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1981
Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1982
All's Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, 1982, then Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1982 later Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1983
(With Caird) Peter Pan, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, 1982, revived, 1984-1985
(With Caird) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1985, then Broadhurst Theatre, 1986
Fair Maid of the West, Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1986, then Mermaid Theatre, 1987
Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, 1989, then Young Vic Theatre, 1989
Timon of Athens, Young Vic Theatre, 1991
Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, 1991, then Young Vic Theatre, 1992
Heartbreak House, Haymarket Theatre Royal, London, 1992
Arcadia, Royal National Theatre, London, 1993, then Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1995
An Enemy of the People, Olivier Theatre, London, 1996, then AerialTheatre, Houston, TX, later Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1998
Not about Nightingales, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1996
Mutabilitie, Cottesloe Theatre, 1997
Betrayal, Royal National Theatre, 1998
Not about Nightingales, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1999
Closer, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1999
Amy's View, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1999
Summerfolk, Royal National Theatre, 1999
Rose, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 2000
The Cherry Orchard, Royal National Theatre, 2000
Albert Speer, Royal National Theatre, 2000

Copenhagen, Royal Theatre, New York City, 2000-2001
The Relapse, Royal National Theatre, 2001
Noises Off, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 2001-
Also directed The Merchant of Venice; Troilus and Cressida.
Musicals
The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal ShakespeareTheatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, then Aldwych Theatre, London, both 1976
Cats, New London Theatre, London, 1981, then Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1982-2000
Starlight Express, Apollo Victoria Theatre, London, 1984, then Gershwin Theatre, New York City, 1987
Les miserables, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London, 1985, then Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1987-1990, later Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1990-
Chess, Prince Edward Theatre, London, 1986, then Imperial Theatre,New York City, 1988
Porgy and Bess, Festival Opera Theatre, Glyndebourne, England, 1986, revived, 1987
The Baker's Wife, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1989
Aspects of Love, Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, 1989, then Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1990
The Blue Angel, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1991, then Globe Theatre, 1992
Sunset Blvd., Adelphi Theatre, London, 1993, then Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1994-1995
Oklahoma!, Royal National Theatre, London, 1997, then George Gershwin Theatre, New York City, 2002-
South Pacific, Royal National Theatre/Olivier, London, 2001
My Fair Lady, Royal National Theatre/Lyttelton, London, 2001
Also director of the Sydney, Australia, production of Cats.
Operas
Idomenco, Festival Opera Theatre, Glyndebourne, England, 1982
Katya Kabanova, 1994
Sophie's Choice, Royal Opera House, London, 2001
Stage Artistic Director
Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music,Brooklyn, NY, 1974
Summerfolk, Royal Shakespeare Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music,1975
Sherlock Holmes, Royal Shakespeare Company, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1975
Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music/Opera House, 1976
(With Terry Hands), Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, Gershwin Theatre, New York City, 1984
Stage Work
Major Tours
Directed The Taming of the Shrew, British cities; Three Sisters.
Stage Appearances
Tango, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1966
Film Director
Hedda, Brut, 1975
Lady Jane, Paramount, 1985
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will (also known as Twelfth Night), Fine Line, 1996
Film Original Stage Director
Cats (also known as Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats"), PolyGramFilmed Entertainment, 1998
Television Director
Movies
Oklahoma!, BBC, 1999
(With Chris Hunt) The Merchant of Venice, BBC2, 2000 then PBS, 2001
Specials
Antony and Cleopatra, Associated Television, 1974 then ABC, 1975
The Comedy of Errors, 1976
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 1978
Macbeth, 1978
Three Sisters, 1978
Shakespeare Workshops Word of Mouth, 1979
(With John Caird) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (also known as Nicholas Nickleby), Channel 4, 1982
The Great Hamlets, 1983
The Comedy of Errors (also known as Shakespeare Festival: The Comedy of Errors), Arts and Entertainment, 1990
Othello, 1990
Porgy and Bess (also known as The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess), 1993
"Les miserables in Concert," Great Performances, PBS, 1996
Television Producer
Specials
Antony and Cleopatra, Associated Television, 1974 then ABC, 1975
Macbeth, 1979
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Changing Stages (documentary), BBC and PBS, 2000
WRITINGS
Stage Plays
The Comedy of Errors (based on the play by William Shakespeare), produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1976
(With John Caird) Les miserables (based on the novel by Victor Hugo), produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London, 1985, then Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1987-1990
The Fair Maid of the West (based on plays by Thomas Middleton), produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1986,then Mermaid Theatre, London, 1987
(With Caird) Peter Pan, or, the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up: A Fantasy in Five Acts (based on the book by J. M. Barrie), published by DramatistsPlay Service (New York City), 1993
Stage Lyrics
The Comedy of Errors, produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, RoyalShakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, then Aldwych Theater, London, both 1976
(With Richard Stilgoe) Additional lyrics, Cats (based on the poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot), produced at New London Theatre, London, 1981, then Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, beginning in 1982
Screenplays
Hedda (based on the play Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen), Brut, 1975
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will (based on the play by William Shakespeare; also known as Twelfth Night), Fine Line, 1996
Television Adaptations
Specials
Shakespeare Workshops Word of Mouth, 1979
The Comedy of Errors (based on the play by William Shakespeare; also known as Shakespeare Festival: The Comedy of Errors), Arts and Entertainment, 1990
Porgy and Bess (also known as The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess), 1993
Nonfiction
Contributor to books, including British Theatre Design: The Modern Age, edited by John Goodwin, foreword by Peter Hall, St. Martin's Press (NewYork City), 1989.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Theatre, Volume 3: Actors, Directors, and Designers, St. James Press, 1996
Newsmakers 2000, Issue 2, Gale Group, 2000

Periodicals

New York, September 21, 1981, p. 30
People Weekly, October 19, 1981, pp. 139-141
Time International, April 20, 1998, p. 56
Variety, June 8, 1998, p. 75

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